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Tag Archives: Dementia Commissioning Pack
Mainstream Dementia Pathways Literature (British Psychological Society)
Summary This document was released last year by the Dementia Work Stream of the Faculty of the Psychology of Older People (FPOP) at the British Psychological Society. It reflects a literature review performed between 2011 and 2012 to find important … Continue reading
Posted in Alzheimer's Society, Antipsychotics, Commissioning, Dementia Action Alliance, For Researchers (mostly), Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, National, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Northern Ireland, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Pharmacological Treatments, Quick Insights, Royal College of Psychiatrists, SCIE, Scotland, UK, Universal Interest, Wales
Tagged Adult Mental Health Services, Age Discrimination, Age Discrimination in Mental Health, Alternatives to Antipsychotic Drugs, Alternatives to Antipsychotic Medication, Anti-Psychotic Drugs for Dementia, Antipsychotic Drugs, Antipsychotics, Antipsychotics in Elderly People with Dementia, Aromatherapy, Atypical Antipsychotics, Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD), Behaviour, Behavioural Alternatives to Antipsychotic Drugs, BPSD, BPSD: Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia, British Geriatric Society (BGS), British Psychological Society, British Psychological Society: Faculty of the Psychology of Older People (FPOP), Challenging Behaviour, Clinical Psychology, Commissioning Clinical Psychology Services for Older People, Commissioning Dementia Services, Commissioning Effective Dementia Services, Coping With Behavioural Disorders, Counting the Cost, DCP: Division of Clinical Psychology, Delirious About Dementia (BGS), Dementia Commissioning Pack, Dementia Pathway, Dignity in Dementia, Dr Linda Buettner, Enriched Opportunities Programme (EOP), Extra Care Charitable Trust’s (ECCT) Enriched Opportunities Programme (EOP), FPOP: BPS Faculty of the Psychology of Older People, Functional Analysis-Based Interventions for Challenging Behaviour, Good Practice Compendium, Guidelines for Clinical Psychology Services, Healthcare for London, Improving Patient Care at Home: How to Cope, Inappropriate Prescribing, Jiska Cohen-Mansfield, Liaison Mental Health Services, Life Story Network (LSN), Living Well with Dementia, Managing Psychological and Behavioural Distress in People with Dementia, Music Therapy, Music Therapy for BPSD, National Audit of Dementia Care in Hospitals, National Dementia Strategy, NHS Atlas of Variation, NHS Atlas of Variations in Diagnostic Services, NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement, Peer Review in Social Protection and Social Inclusion, Policy Innovation and Research, Policy Research Unit, Professor Clive Ballard, Professor Esme Moniz-Cook, Professor Sube Banerjee, PSIGE: Faculty for Old Age Psychology (British Psychological Society: Division of Clinical Psychology), Psychological and Behavioural Distress, Reducing Antipsychotic Medication in Care Homes, Research E-Journal Issue 11 (Scientific Version), Royal College of Speech & Language, Scotland’s National Dementia Strategy, Stepped Care Model of Assessment and Intervention, University of Bradford, University of Bradford Dementia Group, US Department of Veterans Affairs Health Services Research and Development Service, World Alzheimer Report (2012)
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Mental Health Liaison Services for General and Community Hospitals: Service Specification for Dementia (Department of Health)
Summary This specification was designed to assist commissioners in the delivery of a service to support general and community hospitals in delivering better care to people with dementia. It was released as part of the Dementia Commissioning Pack in mid-2011, … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Commissioning, Community Care, Dementia Action Alliance, Department of Health, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Management of Condition, National, NHS, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Antipsychotics, Antipsychotics in Elderly People with Dementia, Assessment and Diagnosis, Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD), Behavioural Alternatives to Antipsychotic Drugs, BPSD, BPSD: Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia, Call to Action on Antipsychotic Drugs (Dementia Action Alliance), Care Planning, Checking Medication, Commissioning Liaison Mental Health Services in Acute Hospitals (JCP-MH), Community Hospitals, Dementia Action Alliance, Dementia Care in Acute General Hospitals, Dementia Care in General Hospitals, Dementia Commissioning Pack, Dementia Liaison Services, Discharge Planning, Discharge Support, General Hospital Care, General Hospitals, Geriatric Liaison Teams, Hospital Discharge, Liaison Mental Health Services, Liaison Psychiatry Services, Liaison Services, Mental Capacity Act 2005, Mental Health Liaison Service Pathway, Mental Health Liaison Services, Mental Health Liaison Services for Dementia Care in Hospitals, Psychiatric Liaison Services, Psychiatric Liaison Team, Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD), Psychotropic Medication
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Template Action Plan to Improve Care for People with Dementia in the Community (Department of Health)
Summary This template action plan was released as part of the Dementia Commissioning Pack in mid-2011, but was not catalogued as a separate document in sufficient detail at the time. The action plan can be used by local authorities and commissioning consortia working together … Continue reading
Posted in Commissioning, Community Care, Department of Health, For Social Workers (mostly), Housing, Management of Condition, National, Personalisation, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Adult Social Care, Assistive Technology, Awareness, Awareness Raising, Care for People with Dementia in the Community, Care Homes, CCGs, CCGs: Clinical Commissioning Groups, Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs), Commissioning Framework, Community Care, Day Services, Dementia Commissioning Pack, Dementia-Friendly Communities, Extra Care Housing, Health and Wellbeing Boards, Health and Wellbeing Boards (HWBs), Home Care, Housing Adaptations, Leadership, Local Authorities, Peer Support, Peer Support Services, Personal Budgets, Reablement, Respite Care, Short Breaks, Social Care, Social Housing, Staff Awareness, Sustainability, Training, Training Needs Analysis, Workforce Development, Workforce Training
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How to Develop an Outcomes-Based Approach in Mental Health (NHS Confederation / Mental Health Network)
[A version of this item appears in: Dementia: the Latest Evidence Newsletter (RWHT), Volume 2 Issue 7, February 2012]. Summary The Mental Health Network had earlier been commissioned by the Department of Health to produce a report which clarifies how to develop … Continue reading
Posted in Commissioning, Department of Health, Mental Health Network (NHS Confederation), Models of Dementia Care, National, NHS, NHS Confederation, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged CCGs: Clinical Commissioning Groups, Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs), Dementia Commissioning Pack, Dementia Needs Assessment Pack: The Chapter, Emergency Admissions, Hospital Admission Rates, NHS Commissioning Board, NHS Confederation’s Mental Health Network, NHS London, NHS Outcomes Framework, No Health Without Mental Health Strategy, Outcomes, Outcomes for People with Dementia, Preventable Hospital Admissions, Professor Alistair Burns, Social Care Quality Standards, The Chapter: dementia Needs Assessment Pack
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Care in Hospital: Dementia Commissioning Pack Resource (Department of Health)
[A version of this item appears in: Dementia: the Latest Evidence Newsletter (RWHT), Volume 2 Issue 6, January 2012]. Summary This web page is the best bibliography available in the UK (to our knowledge) on the subject of dementia care … Continue reading
Posted in Department of Health, For Researchers (mostly), National, NHS, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Acute Care, Acute Hospital Care, Bibliography, Dementia Care in Acute District General Hospitals, Dementia Care in Acute General Hospitals, Dementia Care in Acute Settings, Dementia Care in General Hospitals, Dementia Commissioning Pack, Dementia in General Hospital Inpatients, General Hospitals, Professor Alistair Burns
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National Dementia Strategy: Equalities Action Plan (Department of Health)
[A version of this item appears in: Dementia: the Latest Evidence Newsletter (RWHT), Volume 2 Issue 4, November 2011]. Summary This document presents a series of planned actions in relation to the implementation of the Living well with dementia: A … Continue reading
Posted in Commissioning, Community Care, Department of Health, For Social Workers (mostly), National, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Dementia Commissioning Pack, Equality Impact Assessment (EQIA), High Quality Commissioning, National Dementia Strategy: Equalities Action Plan
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Handbook on Use of the Dementia Commissioning Pack
Summary The Department of Health’s Dementia Commissioning Pack provides commissioners with a range of service specifications, tools and templates to help deliver the services specified in the National Dementia Strategy and the outcomes-oriented implementation plan which appeared a year later. … Continue reading
Mental Health Liaison Services for Dementia Care in Hospitals (Department of Health, Strategic Commissioning Development Unit)
[A version of this item appears in: Dementia: the Latest Evidence Newsletter (RWHT), Volume 2 Issue 1, August 2011]. Summary This document explains the evidence used to identify eligible patients for mental health liaison services in general hospitals and community … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Commissioning, Department of Health, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), Guidelines, Management of Condition, National, NICE Guidelines, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Acute Care, Acute Hospital Care, Dementia Care in Acute Settings, Dementia Care in General Hospitals, Dementia Care in Hospitals, Dementia Care in the Acute Hospital, Dementia Commissioning Pack, General Hospitals, High Quality Commissioning, Mental Health Liaison Services, Mental Health Liaison Services for Dementia Care in Hospitals, SCDU: Strategic Commissioning Development Unit, Strategic Commissioning Development Unit, World Class Commissioning
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Commissioning Services for People with Dementia (Department of Health)
[A version of this item appears in: Dementia: the Latest Evidence Newsletter (RWHT), Volume 2 Issue 1, August 2011]. Summary The Department of Health‘s Dementia Commissioning Pack provides commissioners with a range of service specifications, tools and templates to help … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Commissioning, Community Care, Department of Health, Diagnosis, End of Life Care, For Social Workers (mostly), Management of Condition, National, Patient Care Pathway, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Dementia Commissioning Pack, High Quality Commissioning
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